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Preferred term

bemBemba  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • The Bemba language, ChiBemba (also spelled Cibemba, Ichibemba, Icibemba and Chiwemba), is a major Bantu language spoken primarily in north-eastern Zambia by the Bemba people and as a lingua franca by about 18 related ethnic groups, including the Bisa people of Mpika and Lake Bangweulu, and to a lesser extent in Katanga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Botswana. Including all its dialects, Bemba is the most spoken indigenous language in Zambia.

Entry terms

  • Bemba language
  • Bemba (Zambia)

ISO 639-2 Bibliographical code

  • bem

ISO 639-2 Terminological code

  • bem

ISO 639-3 code

  • bem

Notation

  • bem

In other languages

  • bemba

    French

  • Bemba
  • Bemba

    German

  • Bemba-Sprache
  • wemba

    Italian

  • Lingua bemba
  • Portuguese

  • Língua bemba
  • bemba

    Spanish

  • Idioma bemba

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/bem

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